I had the body started for this little mischievous elf a while back but I wanted to finish Mr. and Mrs. Gregory (my carolers) before I worked on anything else. Last night while watching the season finale of Top Design, I grabbed my clay and made this little face.
I also am experimenting with ways to make more realistic looking eyes (after paying $15 for the German glass eyes for Mrs. Gregory! Yikes!) I think I've found a pretty good method, but I'm not going to really say until I try them in a sculpture. By the way, I didn't use them in this elf and now I'm wondering how I'm going to "fix" his eyes now that they're in his head. Hmmm... I should have learned my lesson about that by now!
Have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow!
Renee :)
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I agree - eyes are so important and so hard to get right!
I saw a few ETSY sellers who have doll eyes for a little less but have not tried them yet...
Have you ever tried pre-baking the eyes for a doll? I do that sometimes to get the colors just right. Make, bake, sand and finish then insert into main sculpture. Bake the final product and voila!
Robin
Hey, did you design that one after me?
Renee, I love your Etsy shop sew much. Blogging is such fun because I've never seen your shop before....I love this one
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16032258
Can't wait to see your elves.....
Oh the blue eyes...he's won my heart.
Your sculptures are wonderful!
so I have to admit that I love this particular elves eyes....not sure why...but they just pop out at you and say mischeivenous...
Thanks so much, guys :) I love having all my little blogland visitors!
Robin: I'm going to search Etsy. I've been experimenting and I think I have found a brilliant way to make realistic glass looking eyes... but we'll see!
Jannie: You are MUCH prettier than my little elf but maybe I modeled his mischevious mind after you! I wonder if he can sing? I should have given him vocal cords!
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